On 15-16 June 2017, the 4th International Workshop on the Sharing Economy took place in Lund. The workshop was arranged by the IIIEE together with the department of urban planning and environment at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), and attracted nearly a hundred participants from around the world. The workshop consisted of three keynotes, a stakeholder debate, an academic panel discussion, and

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/4th-international-workshop-sharing-economy - 2025-08-23

On "Demand-side policies, governance and socio-technical mitigation pathways of limiting global warming to 1.5°C”. This Special Issue aims to provide a series of multi-disciplinary and comprehensive deep decarbonisation studies addressing various demand-side aspects of energy-economy systems in line with a 1.5°C target.Abstract submission by 15 August 2017.Full paper submission by 1 November 2017

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/call-papers-special-issue-journal-energy-efficiency - 2025-08-23

There is a growing trend to involve citizens in city development to make urban areas more sustainable and livable. The urban living labs approach offers a way to foster new collaborative, trans-disciplinary ways of thinking in urban planning and development, and provides a real-world testing ground for urban innovation and transformation.This handbook aims to bring open innovation and co-creation

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-living-labs-handbook - 2025-08-23

The June issue of the IIIEE newsletter is out now.Click here to access the June issueClick here for the IIIEE newsletter archiveClick here to subscribe to our newsletter

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Batch 23 of the EMP programme in the IIIEE Aula On 15 August batch 23 of our EMP programme (Master in Environmental Management and Policy) began their journey at the IIIEE.A warm welcome! 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-batch-23-our-emp-programme - 2025-08-23

Mespom students at the IIIEE On 28 August, batch 12 of the Mespom programme (European joint Master's programme in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management) began their time at the IIIEE - welcome!This year the students come from: Germany, Belgium, the UK, Tanzania, Canada, Jordan, India, Pakistan, Austria and China.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-batch-12-mespom-masters-programme - 2025-08-23

From the left: Luis Mundaca, Oksana Mont, Jenny Palm and Nancy Bocken. Photo: Jenny Loftrup The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) was established in 1994 as an international centre at Lund University to address complex environmental challenges. Over the years, the IIIEE has developed into a unique interdisciplinary centre of excellence synthesizing insights for

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/four-new-professors-iiiee-transitions-low-carbon-and-resource-efficient-eco-nomies - 2025-08-23

On 29 September 2017, the annual Graduation Day at the IIIEE takes place. This year it is batch 22 who graduates from the Master's programme in environmental management and policy (EMP programme) at the IIIEE.If you would like to be part of this event and did not get an invitation, please contact Håkan Rodhe, Director of External Relations at the IIIEE.View invitation here 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-graduation-day-29-september-2017 - 2025-08-23

The Belgian national science funding association FWO’s 90 year anniversary spotlighted the future national research agenda, focusing on collaboration to solve complex societal questions such as climate change. The Belgian national science funding association FWO’s 90 year anniversary spotlighted the future national research agenda, focusing on collaboration to solve complex societal questions such

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circular-business-models-experimentation - 2025-08-23

IIIEE staff, board members, former board members, students and alumni. After nine years, I have decided to leave my assignment as Director at the IIIEE. Together with you I have had the privilege to further develop the Institute in being an innovative and creative arena for interdisciplinary education and research within Lund University. It has been a time of engagement and joy in providing and sh

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thank-you-all - 2025-08-23

Weine Wiqvist Lund University has appointed Weine Wiqvist, CEO of Avfall Sverige ­– the Swedish Waste Management Association – as an adjunct member of the IIIEE faculty in the subject "Circular Economy Policies” at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), which is a specialised centre of the University.Weine Wiqvist will work on a part-time basis on research assi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ceo-swedish-waste-management-association-new-collaboration-lund-universityiiiee - 2025-08-23

CIRCUSOL consortium meeting in Antwerp, Belgium, followed by co-creation session at Cohousing Waasland to discuss circular solar business model options. On 23-26 January the CIRCUSOL project consortium is coming together to discuss progress on the circular solar business model demonstrators and next steps to explore second-life use of solar PV and batteries.Demonstrator-leaders have been busy co-c

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/circusol-project-discusses-circular-solar-business-model-options - 2025-08-23

IIIEE is a partner in the EIT Raw Materials project which is organizing community electronics repair events across Europe in 2019 to educate about critical raw materials. Raw materials are crucial for maintaining a quality of life and for the transition to a low carbon economy, but many critical materials face potential supply disruptions in the near future. Many of these critical raw materials ca

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/refer-project-educating-about-critical-raw-materials-electronics - 2025-08-23

Prof. Nancy Bocken talking at the first Open Innovation Seminar of the year at UC Berkeley, Haas Business School, organised by Prof. Henry Chesbrough. Circular Economy is one of the concepts that can help us address pressing challenges such as climate change.  As engaged researchers, we need to find new ways of doing research to address these pressing challenges. This talk discussed recent researc

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/invited-talk-uc-berkeley-haas-business-school-latest-developments-circular-business-model-research - 2025-08-23

Steven Curtis & Matthias Lehner publish open access journal article that proposes a logically-consistent definition of the sharing economy that prioritises sustainability. The sharing economy is largely promoted to facilitate access over ownership, which proponents of the sharing economy suggest leads to reduced resource consumption. However, the purported sustainability potential of the sharing e

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/publication-defining-sharing-economy-sustainability - 2025-08-23

New book on Innovation for Sustainability Nancy Bocken, Professor in Sustainable Business at the IIIEE, has co-edited a new book: Innovation for Sustainability: Business Transformations Towards a Better World, available hereThe aim of the book:The aim of this edited book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges related to innovation for sustainability. Combining w

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/innovation-sustainability-business-transformations-towards-better-world - 2025-08-23

Supporting the project Environmental and socio-economic benefits from Swedish biofuel production. Philip Peck at the IIIEE has completed a new support analysis together with scientists at IVL and Bio4Energy (LTU). The analysis is a support analysis for the project Environmental and socio-economic benefits from Swedish biofuel production within the f3 and Swedish Energy Agency collaborative researc

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-support-analysis-completed-socio-economic-metrics-transport-biofuels-review - 2025-08-23

Professor Luis Mundaca guest edited a special issue of Energy Efficiency, volume 12, issue 2. His editorial is open access and available here: Demand-side approaches for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-issue-out-energy-efficiency-guest-edited-professor-luis-mundaca - 2025-08-23

A new article has been published by Lucie Zvolska, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan and Oksana Mont at the IIIEE with the title: 'How do sharing organisations create and disrupt institutions? Towards a framework for institutional work in the sharing economy'.AbstractThe sharing economy is a new form of resource distribution that is affecting traditional markets, cities and individuals, and challenging the p

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-how-do-sharing-organisations-create-and-disrupt-institutions-towards-framework - 2025-08-23

Photo: Pixabay Professor Oksana Mont in an interview on sustainable consumption and flying. In an interview made by Heidi Hakala at Vasabladet, Professor Oksana Mont at the IIIEE states that "We need more political governance to solve climate issues" (”Vi behöver mer politisk styrning för att lösa klimatproblemen”).Link to the interview here (in Swedish only) 

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/klimatangest-och-flygskam-nu-omprovas-normerna - 2025-08-23